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- Program, "Memorial Day Exercises by the Alpheus Clark Post 118 of the Grand Army of the Republic," May 29, 1897 - This 1897 pamphlet details the schedule for a Memorial Day service organized by an Illinois post of the G.A.R. (an organization for Union Civil War veterans). Veterans traveled from the Grand Army Hall to the cemetery, where they decorated the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers. Prayers, speeches, music, and a formal reading of names ended the solemn graveside services.
- May 29, 1897
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Program, "Memorial Day Exercises by the Alpheus Clark Post 118 of the Grand Army of the Republic," May 29, 1897
This 1897 pamphlet details the schedule for a Memorial Day service organized by an Illinois post of the G.A.R. (an organization for Union Civil War veterans). Veterans traveled from the Grand Army Hall to the cemetery, where they decorated the graves of fallen Civil War soldiers. Prayers, speeches, music, and a formal reading of names ended the solemn graveside services.
- "Detroit Opera News," January 1934 -
- January 01, 1934
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"Detroit Opera News," January 1934
- "TV Guide," March 20-26, 1965 - <em>TV Guide</em> released its first nationally distributed publication in 1953--local and regional versions appeared as early as 1948. The magazine provides program listing information for viewers to plan their weekly television watching. In addition to show schedules, readers will find related news articles, celebrity interviews and gossip, photos, and puzzles.
- March 01, 1965
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"TV Guide," March 20-26, 1965
TV Guide released its first nationally distributed publication in 1953--local and regional versions appeared as early as 1948. The magazine provides program listing information for viewers to plan their weekly television watching. In addition to show schedules, readers will find related news articles, celebrity interviews and gossip, photos, and puzzles.
- HBO/Cinemax Program Guide for February, 1982, "Now HBO Entertains You 24 Hours a Day!!" -
- 1982
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HBO/Cinemax Program Guide for February, 1982, "Now HBO Entertains You 24 Hours a Day!!"
- Pullman Road Race Souvenir Program, 1890 - Chicago, Illinois, cycling clubs produced this souvenir program for the 1890 Pullman Road Race. The program contains local club information and rosters, a history of the original race, and numerous bicycle advertisements. In addition to the road race, track races were scheduled at the Exposition Building. The races -- on high-wheel ordinaries, safeties, and tandems -- were open only to amateurs.
- June 01, 1890
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Pullman Road Race Souvenir Program, 1890
Chicago, Illinois, cycling clubs produced this souvenir program for the 1890 Pullman Road Race. The program contains local club information and rosters, a history of the original race, and numerous bicycle advertisements. In addition to the road race, track races were scheduled at the Exposition Building. The races -- on high-wheel ordinaries, safeties, and tandems -- were open only to amateurs.
- "Chicago Railroad Fair Official Guidebook," 1948 - The Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948-49 commemorated a century of railroading in the Windy City. Thirty-nine American railroads participated with exhibits and attractions on a 50-acre site along Lake Michigan. The fair's highlight was "Wheels a-Rolling." This daily musical pageant, featuring vintage operating locomotives and rolling stock, celebrated the history of transportation in the United States.
- 1948
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"Chicago Railroad Fair Official Guidebook," 1948
The Chicago Railroad Fair of 1948-49 commemorated a century of railroading in the Windy City. Thirty-nine American railroads participated with exhibits and attractions on a 50-acre site along Lake Michigan. The fair's highlight was "Wheels a-Rolling." This daily musical pageant, featuring vintage operating locomotives and rolling stock, celebrated the history of transportation in the United States.
- "Kennedy Center Stagebill," February 1977 -
- February 01, 1977
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"Kennedy Center Stagebill," February 1977
- "The Jewish Community Center Dance Consultants Committee Presents Martha Graham and Dance Company...," November 1949 -
- November 22, 1949
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"The Jewish Community Center Dance Consultants Committee Presents Martha Graham and Dance Company...," November 1949
- "Uncle Tom's Cabin! or, Life Among the Lowly!," March 21, 1864 - Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel <em>Uncle Tom's Cabin</em> about the trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stage plays of the novel appeared soon after and some versions ran for decades. These productions varied in dramatic and literary quality. The book and plays stoked the fires of the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
- March 21, 1864
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"Uncle Tom's Cabin! or, Life Among the Lowly!," March 21, 1864
Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about the trials of an enslaved black family seeking freedom became an instant best-seller when first published in 1852. Stage plays of the novel appeared soon after and some versions ran for decades. These productions varied in dramatic and literary quality. The book and plays stoked the fires of the anti-slavery movement before the Civil War.
- Ford's Theatre Playbill for the April 14, 1865 Performance of "Our American Cousin" - This playbill announces the April 14, 1865, performance of Laura Keene in <em>Our American Cousin</em>. The play premiered in New York seven years earlier, and it remained popular throughout the Civil War. On this night, President Abraham Lincoln attended the production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. While enjoying the play, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
- April 14, 1865
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Ford's Theatre Playbill for the April 14, 1865 Performance of "Our American Cousin"
This playbill announces the April 14, 1865, performance of Laura Keene in Our American Cousin. The play premiered in New York seven years earlier, and it remained popular throughout the Civil War. On this night, President Abraham Lincoln attended the production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. While enjoying the play, President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.